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AN ACT Relating to the coastal economic recovery account; and adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that it is imperative to assist coastal communities and residents in the transition to an economy which reflects increased economic activity and jobs in the coastal fisheries, tourism, and outdoor recreation. The coastal economic recovery account assists in this transition by depositing revenue from coastal fishing and recreational activities as well as certain other coastal-related revenues in the account for use in aiding the coastal economic recovery.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The coastal economic recovery account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from sections 3 through 9 of this act and all earnings of investment of balances in the coastal economic recovery account shall be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes of carrying out sections 10 and 11 of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. All revenues from coastal recreational and commercial razor clam license fees, and permits, and coastal commercial vessel and charter boat, salmon, shellfish, and groundfish fishing permits, fees, licenses, and taxes from commercial and charter fishing vessels regularly homeported in the coastal areas bounded by Illwaco on the south to Forks on the north, inclusive of Grays Harbor and other areas within the boundaries shall be deposited in the coastal economic recovery account. However, steelhead, trout, and other license fees issued by the department of wildlife are excluded from this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. All federal funds received by the state from the sale, lease, or royalty payments from United States coastal oil and gas exploration and production shall be deposited into the coastal economic recovery account.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. All federal funds provided to the state for habitat restoration within Pacific and Grays Harbor counties, and those parts of Jefferson and Clallam counties whose waters drain to the Pacific Ocean and excluding all Indian reservation lands shall be deposited into the coastal economic recovery account.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. All federal funds provided to the state for social services, education, worker training, transportation, tourism, federal emergency management agency, and other federal food, housing, and energy grants relative to economic dislocations caused by implementation of the federal endangered species act shall be deposited in the coastal economic recovery account.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. All federal and other mitigation payments resulting from mitigation on all rivers and streams emptying into Willapa Bay and Gray Harbor shall be deposited into the coastal economic recovery account.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. All moneys received in the outdoor recreation account from marine fuel refunds from coastal, commercial, and recreational fishing vessels, and any moneys made available to the state of Washington by the federal government for outdoor recreation in Pacific and Grays Harbor counties, and those portions of Jefferson and Clallam counties whose waters drain to the Pacific Ocean, excluding Indian reservations, shall be deposited into the coastal economic recovery account.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. Other gifts, grants, bequests, not specifically enumerated in this chapter may be deposited in the coastal economic recovery account.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. Funds deposited in the coastal economic recovery account may be used as matching funds for state and federal grants.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 11. There is created a coastal economic recovery account administering committee comprised of two Pacific county commissioners, two Grays Harbor county commissioners, and a member representing those parts of Clallam and Jefferson counties included in the economic recovery area to be selected by the four county commissioners of the counties. Members of the administering committee shall serve without compensation and be selected to serve on the committee through formal action by the respective county commissions. The administering committee shall adopt rules concerned with the expenditure of funds from the account in accordance with such rules as may be provided by the office of financial management and the state auditor, if a nine-member advisory committee comprised of local labor organizations, businesses, and citizens is appointed by the administering committee to advise the administering committee on local priorities, alternative solutions, and implementation plans.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 12. Sections 1 through 11 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 43 RCW.